Hello

I want to thank all of you who offered kind advice about my parents, when I last posted in March, after my most recent and very disturbing visit with them. I've been putting off proper followup action for a long time, but now feels like the right time to act. I intend to spend the rest of the evening re-reading your responses, drawing definite personal plans, and maybe having a chat with them if it's not too late at night by then.

I have spoken to them, asking why they stayed in Maine, and they answered honestly and immediately: they wanted to stay close to their family. Well, I can't deny that.

I haven't been personal-blogging anywhere. I have a lot to write about, and it would be good if I did. I still haven't let go of LJ as my one personal blogging platform (modulo Twitter); the few times I post, I follow up with a tweet pointing at my post, and that seems to work just fine, really.